.ac

Infobox Top level domain
name=.ac
background=#CCF


introduced=1997
type=Country code top-level domain
status=Active
registry=Ascension Island Network Information Centre (run by Internet Computer Bureau)
sponsor=Cable and Wireless (Ascension Island)
intendeduse=Entities connected with flagicon|UKAscension Island
actualuse=Various uses, sometimes connected to education and academia; a few sites actually on Ascension Island
restrictions=2nd-level registrant must have professional or academic qualification (apparently not actually enforced); 3rd level registrant must be resident on Ascension Island
structure=Registrations are taken directly at the second level or at third level beneath various 2nd-level labels
document= [http://www.nic.ac/terms.html Terms & Conditions] ; [http://www.nic.ac/rules.html Rules]
disputepolicy= [http://www.nic.ac/dres.html Dispute Resolution Policy]
website= [http://www.nic.ac/ NIC.AC] |

.ac is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ascension Island. It is administered by NIC.AC, a subsidiary of the Internet Computer Bureau based in the United Kingdom. Registration for this domain is open to anyone.

.ac is also a second level domain for academic establishments in a number of countries; see .ac (second level).

Registrations of internationalized domain names are accepted according to the following [http://www.nic.ac/AC-IDN-Policy.pdf instructions] .

Although it is a ccTLD .ac is offered by some domain-brokers as a local TLD for the city of Aachen which happens to have the license plate "AC".

External links

* [http://www.iana.org/root-whois/ac.htm IANA .ac whois information]
* [http://www.nic.ac/ .AC Domain Name Registry]